(DRIVERS OK) Earl Bamber's Huge Crash Causes Red Flag I 2024 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa I FIA WEC

Watch the crash which interrupted the race during the 2024 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa.
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[@argenstorm424]

Huge respect for the clarification that DRIVERS ARE OK and not trying to clickbait the crash with uncertainty.

[@username8878]

Ikr I loveeeee when any video that shows some sort of crash makes it clear if they are okay or not! But it is so rare to see..

[@ryss1]

This actually very good point! Thanks for bring it up!

[@BoredLikeHelI]

That's not why they do it. They do it because otherwise KZbin would pull the video or demonitize it if anyone got seriously hurt in the crash. You shouldn't praise them for sucking KZbin and advertisers dicks.

[@lambolim2178]

This is not some random individual KZbinr trying to get views lol

[@beppppp]

This is way way better than f1

[@Akatsuki2]

Modern motorsport is so awesome for being this safe, unbelievable that people just walk out of this.

[@Renato_ForzaNapoli_Esposito]

Absolutely agree ❤️

[@Maverick9k]

People have been able to walk away from this since the 80's

[@tlreclipse1126]

Crazy how we can protect the Pro's with tech but not avg people.

[@Spin24]

​​@@tlreclipse1126the cost of all this + comfort driving in a 6 point harness if your average car would be uncomfortable,

[@user-ne3rb8ps8j]

​@@tlreclipse1126a lot of pros protection is the track itself and the rules.

[@GSXReaper46]

WRT had the worst luck today. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@JoSkEsZ]

😢

[@JunedRahim]

That was call bad luck for WRT

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

One is worst luck the other is wrong place at the wrong time

[@McSalty087]

WRT off

[@magnom3922]

@@JoSkEsZ WRT was at the wrong place at the wrong time cadillac thought he was gonna break

[@johnberger51]

Earl was too anxious there. That was an avoidable crash.

[@Maverick9k]

Not really.

[@TheDenseMan]

@@Maverick9kIt was avoidable if he had more patience

[@michaellavery4899]

Looks like there could be some damage to those cars.

[@bkbaughn]

He was running so well... Just over anxious. I think Cadillac knew a podium was on finally and he just pushed it too hard... Damn.

[@nekaa7657]

​@@Maverick9kit was avoidable, but it would've been close as hell

[@indycar6875]

driverが無事で何よりです。 モータースポーツは素晴らしいものですが安全に終わる事が何よりも大切な事です。 driverが無事で本当に良かったです。 安心しました！ 本当に良かったです！

[@Enra000]

that was insane! poor WRT got smashed by hypercars today

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

One of them is their own Team’s hypercar

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@lukedanielgalon1596wow. Thats very surprising. Also rare to see Valentino Rossi being this furious after this crash beforehand.

[@HHallRacing]

Such a shame. My auntie and uncle used to teach Earl Bamber in New Zealand when he was a boy. So I’m really glad he’s ok.

[@Giratina575]

Sheesh spa has been smash city this weekend. That was rough.

[@purwantiallan5089]

I count at least 10 cars have BIG damages throughout 6 Hours of Spa.

[@jaguatiricaimediata5305]

Honestly the figure could be much smaller if the drivers pondered risk x reward a bit better. I admire their bravere but they ruined it all for their teams for often very small advantages. Bamber specially was driving so well, he would be able to overtake latter, but he got very greedy there...

[@timberwolf2869]

Being a cadillac fan is painful.

[@dougdavis8986]

Being a Cadillac owner is much worse.

[@recarsion]

I apologize, it's caused by me rooting for them, happens any time I pick a favorite

[@DR3ADER1]

There's still Laguna Seca to go this weekend.

[@thegaminggallimimus4429]

You guys will do it eventually! I have belief my beloved Peugeots will win some time, maybe even Le mans

[@SolidMarty]

​@@dougdavis8986what caddy did you own and why was it sh t

[@Thunder55Turbo]

Oh my God Cadillac is cursed at Spa. Edit: guys, cursed as in never to finish. They've not finished yet at Spa, be it themselves or otherwise.

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

Even the Porsche

[@Cerce7]

not cursed just bad driving

[@thekyuwa]

How is that a curse or bad luck? That was an embarrassing driver's error.

[@coffeelover5827]

not cursed, but a dumb reckless driver

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

@@Cerce7But if you recall last year a Cadillac did crash something like this type of damage

[@AyyFuji]

Huge respect to WEC for the clarification in the video, and huge applause to everyone associated with keeping the drivers safe, amazing how violent and dangerous these crashes can be, yet the drivers walk away unharmed, in almost all motorsport.

[@boscomoroz326]

Total driver error, Porsche may have moved a bit, but that is who he was racing, so no issues in my mind. Bamber's lack of patience and situational awareness was totally lacking. 2 Hours left in the race, no reason for last lap heroics at the 4 hour mark. Man, every angle he just moves way too early, not close to clear.

[@motogp4658]

Too much optimism form Bamber there

[@purwantiallan5089]

Bamber should've waited 4 more seconds before making a move.

[@astrovisionbroadcastingunion]

That's the worst thing that Cadillac could've done, that was a way too impatient move that ended in a very serious accident. Glad to hear that everybody's ok, but that was borderline suicidal

[@owenmalanaphy3228]

If you watch the space between the Porsche and BMW, the Cadillac could have fit through if the Porsche didn't move across the road. It's particularly evident at 1:22

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

It’s true he would fit

[@stryker1992]

ah thanks, thought i was the only one...

[@conehed1138]

No he wouldn't have, watch the onboard. This view is deceiving

[@W4ZEL]

Not defending the Porsche driver here, that was a shitty move, but ultimately it's the Cadillac driver who collided with the BMW. That gap was always gonna close, it was insanely risky to try to go for it. It's multiclass racing, sometimes you have to lift even when you really don't want to.

[@0Ignition0]

It was a valid move, the overtaking car was desperate to get to the inside for the next corner and was responsible for the crash.

[@jimmymagic2438]

Porsche moving very late

[@JMEAUS22]

He's allowed too

[@YourFavouriteDraugr]

Porsche moving perfectly according to the rules.

[@jimmymagic2438]

@@YourFavouriteDraugr And still very late which was my point. Ended in a DNF

[@lugold8766]

I have watched this scene about 20 times now but I still get absolute goosebumps every time again

[@charleslinlinker1479]

"When you go for a gap that NO LONGER existis..."

[@skywanderer]

I keep replaying the part from 1:01 , the view from the back of the Porsche is fascinating in every kind of way

[@stuartmoseley]

Shows how much the Porsche moves to defend closing gap on the Caddy.

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

​@@stuartmoseleyDon't forget, the track has a bit of a right handed sweep to it there, to front on shows the Porsche looking to be right in the middle as the track striaghtens, leaving more then a car width to the left of the Porsche, and less then a meter to the BMW on the right.

[@ar9gaming2020]

I saw this live I'm glad everyone is ok

[@bigCobaltguy]

As a Cadillac Racing fan, this broke my heart, both IMSA and WEC have seen the caddys having awful luck eith the exception of Long Beach.

[@lars1914]

I beg to differ,this had nothing to do with luck the more with poor situational awareness!

[@scotturich]

That was piss poor driving

[@bigCobaltguy]

@@scotturich i agree, i should’ve specified, but yes this and the incident at sebring has me scratching my head at cadillac.

[@sappymy]

BMW has no luck in Belgium this weekend

[@metaliczic96]

WRT home circuit.

[@Hangry_Hungarian]

The fact people are defending Cadillac is insane. The Porsche used traffic to its advantage and the Cadillac just needed to literally wait a couple seconds later. I feel super bad for WRT, but at least Porsche won the race.

[@Giratina575]

All neel did from what I see is make his one move to defend his line which is perfectly ok. Bamber was simply closing too fast and misjudged the opening.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. The JOTA PORSCHE #6 won this race dominantly.

[@bigCobaltguy]

@@Giratina575 the second incident like this for cadillac, a similar incident occurred at sebring, i wonder if the car has a blind spot or something, or these guys are just impatient xd

[@DanishWistara]

if it did it'd be behind a gt3 car

[@Hangry_Hungarian]

@DanishWistara Uh no, a hyper car Cadillac would perfectly be able to pass the BMW just fine especially on the straight if he was patient. Even if he did get stuck behind him, that would be better than ending your race and someone else’s.

[@PS5ProROGPhoneROGAllyuser]

Dammit another curse moment for Cadillac hypercar team on Spa.

[@stephencurry8552]

PS5: Not a curse. What a ridiculous thing to posit. Driver error.

[@LeoSalg]

@@stephencurry8552 Curse.

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

@@stephencurry8552Curse if you remembered what happened last year

[@aaryan1187]

@@stephencurry8552 Curse.

[@stephencurry8552]

@@aaryan1187 Horribly mentally deformed people are the only ones who believe in things being cursed.

[@roland2879]

All this is the consequence of 2 factors: the GT3 panzer completely unwind the Cadillac which rushes to the right of the Porsche No. 99, whose driver I would describe as a little "assh..." while changing line at 300km/h.

[@MrPorsche91730]

one of the few people here who sees what actually going on. if that porsche held their line the crash doesnt happen. that porsche tried to block too late and the caddy tried to avoid it

[@igamehard8860]

if you pause at 1:23 that porsche started to move into the other drivers lane

[@jbin2424]

The Porsche had overtaken the Beemer and had an open road in front of him. He was free to move wherever he wanted. It was Bamber's responsibility to gauge the gap and react to the Porsche in front of him. The Porsche didn't swerve or change lines agressively, Bamber was just impatient and misjudged it. End of.

[@igamehard8860]

​@@jbin2424 that porsche blocked too late causing the crash, if the driver held his line the crash doesnt happen. so it has nothing to do with gauging a gap

[@MrPorsche91730]

@@jbin2424 pausing at 1:22 there was clearly room for 2 cars until the porsche driver changed his lane at the last second. im not sure where you are getting gauge the gap from. the porsche 100% changed lanes aggressively causing the crash, if that porsche doesnt change lanes the crash doesnt happen. simple

[@YourFavouriteDraugr]

​@@igamehard8860 There is no such thing as "blocked too late" unless Porsche erratically caused collision between itself and the attacking car. Don't comment on motorsport when you don't even know what you're trying to say.

[@igamehard8860]

@@YourFavouriteDraugr no such thing as block to late.. stopped reading after that nonsense

[@joeshelton1077]

Yikes that was BIG, glad all the drivers walked away.

[@real_Zuramaru]

very scary crash glad to see drivers walked out ok, at least physically

[@StevePhoenix]

Bamber is a liablity. That gap was always going to close and the BMW was obviously there. Hopefully, Cadillac will drop him in favour of someone who's less reckless.

[@FF18Cloud]

Man, I was only curious about endurance racing Then bam, I see this crash pop up o.o, luckily no one got severely injured

[@jessereddragon7617]

You have to pick your moments to pass on endurance racing

[@PW-um4ch]

Been there today and saw the crash, was a really hard one. Luckily everyone is ok.

[@michaelmontague244]

Oh Sweet Jesus that was scary.

[@SethPiros]

It just goes to show you the incredible work these teams put into the Safety of todays preformance motorsports, Motor racing has come such a long way

[@exF3-86]

No thank the FIA and WEC who set out the rules and regs concerning safety. The teams have to meet those requirements or they don't race. For all the crap the FIA gets, they do an amazing job on safety. In this case the FIA delegates will inspect the cars for how well the survival cells coped and a report sent back to the FIA safety committee. I can tell you from a couple of decades of experience in and then out of the cockpit that the cost, complexity and weight of the safety systems is not something the manufacturers' engineers include out of the goodness of their hearts, they do it because they have to

[@djtomoy]

Cool

[@sultanabran1]

good that everyone was ok.

[@Wafflefrieslmdh]

Dang fwiw that Cadillac has a perfect record of keeping its driver safe after horror crashes

[@ProfDrmedRasen]

1:24 Glad I see no marshals standing around here. Hope they and any spectators are fine too, lots of debris flying around.

[@wardencobb7442]

A learning experience.

[@user-mr1qi7lr2w]

SqueezeCadillac 😂

[@VUO4E]

Bambi's ram/crash collection is getting impressive.

[@jayREMY71]

Someone needs to make a V.Series R crash compilation because it hasn’t been 2 full years and this car has taken some big hits across the WEC and IMSA

[@kilove1]

Ohh😮😢😢 just ran out of patience 😢😢😢😢

[@biggallcaps]

Holy crap

[@Carlife0830]

Sad for WRT

[@Lysergikal]

Glad everybody is OK 🫡👌🏼💪🏼

[@ShashankaShekharPatra]

A little patience required in these scenarios.

[@JTNFOfficial]

Dayum

[@danglesnipecelly13]

Damn in WEC and IMSA it’s been a tough year for Caddy other than Long Beach.

[@kaipmw4204]

That pink lambo was going crazy fast

[@GT1Vette]

The safety cars really hurt the Iron Dames, they were the car to beat. So fast.

[@maxmustermann6706]

jesus christ what a crash. That looked terrifying

[@sporkybutterz]

Earl took the Senna quote about the gap too seriously. He was never going to make that pass. Glad everyone involved is ok

[@mrragge7986]

VERY fortunate it didn’t flip over, very thankful the driver is okay

[@STRIDER_503]

I don't believe he couldn't see that chunky GT3 next to him, why so reckless?

[@lucatarolli7950]

that is the reason of why blocks are forbidden.

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

Personally blocks are necessary sometimes

[@lucatarolli7950]

@@lukedanielgalon1596 Blocks are illegal because they cause crashes. If you want to defend, then you have to take the inside earlier and make very clear where you car will be.

[@fayyadguissida]

It was already dead for the Cadillac , he would either hit the Porsche or BMW cuz of the size of the hypercar.

[@lucatarolli7950]

@@fayyadguissida no, if the Porsche didn't change his line there wouldn'be any issues. There's enough space.

[@fayyadguissida]

@@lucatarolli7950 not agree.

[@damarfadlan9251]

I saw Anthoine Hubert Formula 2 Crash flashback here. That was SCARY.

[@Skells22]

at least this time around the drivers are ok as per the video bit

[@blasphemy4333]

That small error can create massive catastrophic chain

[@DrSamwpepper]

Stunned that Bamber didnt go Barrell rolling. Glad everyones okay.

[@darkwhale109]

kind of reminds me of pipo derani’s crash at sebring this year

[@wernerkurzreiter8375]

Glad the drivers are ok

[@amgoneisdope]

thank god hes ok

[@scoobyruuuu]

Naughty fade from the Porsche!!

[@MotorsportThrills]

Big hit in grateful he’s ok

[@andreasgehtdichnixan8779]

We were there, very sad.

[@MEchanicAL_LSTAR]

One thing that I used to hate when I was a mechanic in ALMS & GrandAm was when a car in another class wrecked you. Especially when you were leading and they were low down in their class.

[@DonLee1980]

The hypercar class is about 350mm longer than the LMP1 cars of old, and the same length as a S class or 7 series...

[@weeaunsim4320]

Unbelievable, rookie mistake from a seasoned driver

[@satanswolf]

Huge respect to WEC for respecting the fans and the people at the track to stop the time for the red flag!

[@ilnikogo7034]

Onboard is scary

[@Warriortush]

Ouch

[@DoctorAustin]

These are the safest sportscars we have ever had.

[@user-iw2nh7gl1g]

Agreed is good to be skilled passing traffic but that was pushing the envelope too much. Not enough space at that kind of speed to squeeze through. Glad no injuries...

[@Real_Shawn]

Holy cow! man that was a nasty crash ever ! Thank lord he alright !

[@Phoenix412T1iron]

Holy shit !

[@fugibus-9921]

that was an iracing moment

[@Lambdaspicot]

BMW cars having a bad one today

[@Real28]

What do you know? A Prototype crashing because they have no patience.

[@saves88]

Nice position save by Porsche.

[@Simon-Simon-Simon]

threading the NEEDLE :)

[@mrdogeepic8750]

massive

[@TutorialMaulanaAdi]

damn thats scary

[@dnaagencyusa]

Insane he goes into that wall nearly full speed. Can’t imagine the g force.

[@battlebooms6429]

We just missed it. Just passed Raidillon and saw the Cadillac shoot up the hill.

[@sebsway]

It appears that the front car was moving right as the rear car was trying to pass on the right which closed the gap much faster than the rear car was ready for and the BMW was as far right as he could be so he had nowhere to go to avoid it without running off the track. It is awesome that the drivers came out OK.

[@leonardoviniciussouzaperei4590]

Good thing these cars are very safe.

[@zaidbotchway830]

Thank God everyone is okay

[@ronbelanger4113]

Which Sky Fairy cult boss do you reference?

[@YSF_B28]

@@ronbelanger4113D1 hater over here, just wait for the day of judgement

[@MoGumbo_]

@@ronbelanger4113 i dont believe god but I still use this phrase

[@codymoe4986]

Thank the chassis builder...God was busy destroying a trailer park with a tornado.

[@ferraridan4883]

I saw it on TV. The blue car was driving way too aggressive when he came up on the pack.

[@homeperson11244]

Key of winning something is not had courage, but also a lot of patience

[@darnelldccoelho2342]

Damn

[@jraybay]

Had a good run going too :[

[@Qwnntm]

The crash that changed the course of the race

[@riovaldysatriawijaya1304]

Ya Allah, Sean Gelael DNF Karena Cadillac, tetap semangat semoga WRT 31 kedepannya lebih baik lagi

[@chrisr8707]

Bamber totally f*cked the BMW there. The BMW was maintaining his line and Bamber got too greedy to overtake. Asshat.

[@johncande1]

Earl owes the BMW driver a fully paid week vacation in Seychelles.

[@MotorsportsCrazy-ze3ci]

Why didn't he go out ?

[@elektrofunkzz]

The Porsche changed directions, he feinted left then drifted back to the right as the Cadillac tried to pass

[@lasarith2]

6 hours X - 8 hours of spa ✅

[@DeRicardo4980]

Man first Corvette and now Cadillac I hope he is ok. On to the next race

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

That should NEVER have happened. The other side of the track had more then enough open space, and he hadn't even passed the BMW when he changed direction in to it.

[@nodafy]

As bad as it was, that was a rookie move from the Cadillac driver.. That was all on him

[@jimmyhor78]

Wtf Bamber? This is Cadillac's best result so far and he threw it away by being so reckless. There is more than an hour left in the race. Why take such a risk?